Fire Destroys Kimberling City Business

Friday, July 8, 2022 at 6:19 AM

By Scott McCaulley @smcckc

Photo of fire at Pop's Smoke Shack courtesy Kimberling City Police Department.

Just weeks after the Buttonwood Center blaze, another fire has devastated a business in Kimberling City.

Firefighters with the Southern Stone County Fire Protection District were alerted and dispatched to a fire at Pop’s Smoke Shack, located in the Kimberling Center strip mall adjacent to the Kimberling City Inn. According to a statement from the SSCFPD, late Tuesday evening, fire crews arrived on scene to a fully involved fire in the screened in addition, where the smokers used by the restaurant were located.

Deputy Chief Mike Moore tells the Branson Tri-Lakes News that the fire was quickly brought under control.

No one was injured in the fire according to Moore, who also said assistance was provided in fighting the fire by Western Taney County Fire and by Mercy EMS.

More on the story can be read on the Branson Tri-Lakes News Website.

(Story by AJ Fahr, Branson Tri-Lakes News)

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